The government's decided to extend VAT to all hot, pre-prepared foods. At one of the select committees, they asked Osborne about the effect it'd have on fast food take aways and other food shops like the popular pasty shop chain Greggs (which the government was heaping praise on the other week for hiring people) and he responded with something along the lines of "well, I don't remember the last time I even went to Greggs anyway", so it's been dubbed the 'Pasty Tax'. The tax'll inevitably harm such shops.

Pasty's are a stereotypically working class food. This is just pushing the 'out of touch Tories' mantra.

Why would an election be called? The LibDems don't want a rump, and Cameron doesn't want to lose. Anyways 2015 is a long ways away, and Labour is still led by Millibrand. This isn't going to matter to voters three years from now.

Why would an election be called? The LibDems don't want a rump, and Cameron doesn't want to lose. Anyways 2015 is a long ways away, and Labour is still led by Millibrand. This isn't going to matter to voters three years from now.